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THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T DIE HUNTS THE KILLER WHO SHOULDN'T EXIST.The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own."Harper Curtis is a killer who stepped out of the past. Kirby Mazrachi is the girl who was never meant to have a future.Kirby is the last shining girl, one of the bright young women, burning with potential, whose lives Harper is destined to snuff out after he stumbles on a House in Depression-era Chicago that opens on to other times.At the urging of the House, Harper inserts himself into the lives of the shining girls, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. He's the ultimate hunter, vanishing into another time after each murder, untraceable-until one of his victims survives.Determined to bring her would-be killer to justice, Kirby joins the Chicago Sun-Times to work with the ex-homicide reporter, Dan Velasquez, who covered her case. Soon Kirby finds herself closing in on the impossible truth...THE SHINING GIRLS is a masterful twist on the serial killer tale: a violent quantum leap featuring a memorable and appealing heroine in pursuit of a deadly criminal.
A survivor of a brutal, impossible attack tracks a time-traveling serial killer across decades to prevent further murders. Kirby Mazrachi, the sole survivor of a killer who strikes across different eras, navigates the complexities of her own trauma while investigating the perpetrator's origin. Opposing her is Harper Curtis, a man who utilizes a mysterious, sentient house in Depression-era Chicago to traverse time and hunt women of immense potential. The narrative utilizes a dual-perspective framework, shifting between the hunter's calculated movements and the protagonist's investigative efforts to bridge the gap between disparate timelines.
This work is characterized by its inventive fusion of hard-boiled crime tropes with high-concept speculative fiction. The narrative structure suggests a focus on the mechanics of temporal displacement and the psychological toll of a hunt that defies conventional logic. Readers likely find the shifting historical settings and the persistent, cat-and-mouse tension to be the primary drivers of the pacing. The premise points to a thematic interest in the fragility of time and the enduring nature of human potential when faced with an existential threat.
Page Count:
416
Publication Date:
2013-04-15
Publisher:
HarperCollins
ISBN-10:
0007464568
ISBN-13:
9780007464562
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